New 2016 Travelers Notebook Fauxmidori and Helmar!

Happy New Year!  

One of the rituals I have every New Year is to get a brand new calendar!  This year I am trying out the Midori Traverlers Notebook system.  I happened to come across the "The Reset Girl" you tube video on Midori 101 and discovered the Midori for the first time.  I had no idea about this planner system, apparently I was living under a rock. I had no idea about all the planner addicts out there?  Wow, I have always had a planner since I was a teenager and started hoarding paper.  I currently have a Franklin Covey and several Filofax but the Midori system really spoke to me.  I love the way that I can "custom" my planner.

So I went on to Amazon and bought some of the Midori notebooks, and basic supplies such as pen holder, rubber bands etc.  Also you can buy moleskin notebooks at Target they only have certain sizes but you can buy them in packs of three.

OK, so now I got ready to decorate my planner notebooks with Helmar.  For this project I used the Helmar Super-Tac and also the Crystal Kote in Matte.

I then prepared my Traveler's Notebook Books with gesso and stencils please go by the Helmar blog and see more details in the preparation process.

For this planner I am using two Notebooks and my 2016 Monthly calendar.  The turquoise Notebook is for my "brain-dump" important things I should remember such as birthdays, codes, goals, book list, movie list, etc.  The stamped and gold Notebook is my "Bullet Journal."  I personally use the bullet journal as more of a "To-Do" list versus the standard bullet journal method.  Maybe later I will get into the bullet journal method.

One of the things I like about this Traveler's Notebook system is that I can decorate and use my Notebooks any way I like.  For instance I am also working on a "Sketch-Journal."

Now for the cover.  This is my "Fauxdori"  they call them faux because this is not the original leather midori.  This one is made of fabric which I find ADORABLE.

I purchased the cute panda paper clip from 1 creative bee on Etsy.  The cute flower paper clip I made myself using some of Helmar's 450 Quick Dry Adhesive.

I am so excited to start working my new calendar.  I will keep you updated on my progress.  Thank you for stopping by ...   Happy Scrapping

Helmar Product Used:

Helmar Super-Tac Glue

Helmar Crystal Kote Matte

Other Product Used:

Midori Travelers Passport; The Pink Cow Fauxmidori; K&Co. Washi Tape;  The Creative Bee paper clips; Art Basics Opague Matte modeling paste, ProArt Gesso, Prismacolor pencils , Memories Ink, Tim Holtz stencils, DaVinci acrylic paints, Art Anthology Spray, Misc: Watercolor paints

Etsy Store Sellers:

The Pink Cow Boutique

The Creative Bee Shop

Yellow Paper House

You Tube Video links:

Happie Scrappie

The Reset Girl

Happy New Year ...  I wish you all peace through art, creativity through nature, and strength to move forward towards a better you.


:) veronica

Decorating for Christmas with Helmar

Hi, the Holidays are in full swing and I got with the program and made this cute door hanger for my guest room to welcome family.

This cute door hanger is featured over at the Helmar blog today, please go on over and say hello. Also my design team mates are getting very creative this month so you will want to browse for ideas.

For this project I chose two specific adhesives from Helmar

Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Helmar Tacky Craft Glue

To make this project I started off with a wood plaque I bought at Michaels.  I then painted it white with acrylic paint and put down a layer of gesso using my crafter's workshop swirl stencil

I then used Helmar's 450 quick dry to adhere my paper, cheesecloth, chipboard and transparencies.  I used it because it dries very quickly and once dry will not come off.  Its good for adhering to gesso like below, wood, heavy items

Next I used the Tacky Craft glue because I needed a thick dry clear glue for my beads and glitter.  This glue allows me to embed the beads and add more layers to give it full coverage

Thank you for stopping by today, I wish you all the best this Christmas

Helmar Product Used:

Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive

Helmar Tacky Craft Glue

Other Product Used:

Crafter's Workshop stencil (TCW156), Michaels - wood plaque, Liquitex - gesso, May Arts - ribbon white polka dot sheer, Reminisce - paper (santa's workshop), Tattered Angels - transparency, Stampendous - beads, glitter, Little Yellow Bicycle - chipboard, Misc: cheesecloth, fabric snowman, snowman charm

My Pumpkin Table Decor and Helmar

Hi, it's my turn over at Helmar today and I created some cute home décor pieces.  I am lucky enough to have a Home Goods and a Joanne's right next to each other so I did a little shopping.  I bought the paper-mache pumpkin at Joanne's and the adorable square all wood pumpkin at Home Décor. 

I decided to decorate them using Helmar's Decoupage and also Crystal Kote Gloss Varnish.
They look great on my dining room table and especially when my family dropped by.

Below are some photos of my process but for more extensive photos please go on over to the Helmar blog today and take a look at my post.  Let me know what you think.

Process Paper Mache Pumpkin:

 

 

 

Process Wood Pumpkin:

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

These pumpkins look perfect for the Fall Season, your Thanksgiving Table and also great for gifts.  They were fun to make and Helmar made it easy.

 

Thank you for stopping by today ...

Helmar Product Used:

Decoupage and Craft Paste

Crystal Kote Gloss Varnish

 

Other Product Used:

Ink: Colorbox; Flowers: Little Yellow Bicycle, Michaels; Fabric: Burlap; Ribbon: May Arts; Embellishments: Little Yellow Bicyle (pin), Michaels (3D chipboard acorn), Misc: Jute string, brown yarn, wood pumpkin, paper-mache pumpkin

Veteran's Day Card

Hi Everyone!

Today I have a card featured at Helmar.  Please go on over and say hello.  As you know tomorrow is Veteran's Day and I wanted to create a patriotic card using Helmar Adhesives.

I knew I wanted to use an American Flag so I went out and bought Tim Holt's "Flag Sketch" stamp and used Stampendous red embossing power to emboss the image on my card.

I fussy cut a soldier image that I found on the a free clip art site and I die cut some flags out of navy felt.  I glued this all together using Helmar 450 Quick Dry and lifted the soldier off my card with Helmar Zap Dots.

Thank you all for stopping by - please go on over to my post at Helmar where I have posted more photos.

Happy Veteran's Day to our American Heroes

Helmar Products Used:

Helmar 450 Quick Dry

Helmar Zap Dots

Other Products Used:

Cardstock:  Bazzill; Stamp: Tim Holtz "Flag Sketch"; Embossing Powder: Stampendous "Holiday Embossing Kit"; Ink: Ranger "Emboss it"; Stickers:  Reminisce "Signature Series"; Ribbon: May Arts "sheer polka dot" Misc:  Kraft base card and envelope

Happy Halloween! 

From my family to yours

Trick or Treat with Helmar Tacky Craft Glue

 

 

 

Hi, my turn over at Helmar today!  Please go over to the blog and see my post and photos of my process to make these cute bags.

 

So I it was Dollar Day for me and my friends.  Went shopping at the Dollar Store and got lots of Halloween goodies including the materials I needed to make my Trick Or Treat bags for Helmar today.

 

I also went on line to one of my favorite paper piecing sites "My Scrap Chick" because they were having a dollar day discount!  So I was able to make four of these cutie bags for $1.00 each and I still have left over paper bags, cardstock, fabric and of course my paper piecing pattern. 

 

You have the option of making these treat bags nice and cute and clean as shown above, but I decided to distress my pieces with my Prima Ingvild Bolme distressing tool.  I also used the spidery webbing fabric as my background and chalked and inked up my ghost face and pumpkin.

 

To make my treat bags extra spooky I added the skeletons to the bags.  Of course if you are making these bags for small children you can add a cute pumpkin other than a scary skeleton.

 

 

 

These bags were fun to make and all it took was a little time and $4.00 total!

 

 

Thank you for stopping by today, Happy Halloween ...

Helmar Product Used:

Tacky Craft Glue 8.45 oz

 

Other Product Used:

Ink: Colorbox, Prima Marketing, Pen: Faber Castell Pitt; Uniball Signo White; Cardstock: Bazzill; Pattern: My Scrap Chick Paper Palz; Tools: Prima Marketing Distress tool; Misc: ribbon, skeleton, fabric, paper bags

Happy Fall Tag and Helmar

 

 

Hi, my Happy Fall tag is being featured over at Helmar today.  This tag was so much fun to create.  I love lots of texture and layers so this tag expresses my style. 

 

 

Since I take extra care when I design and create, I want to make sure that my projects last. Therefore to ensure that my projects do not fall apart I use Helmar adhesives; on this project I used Fabric Glue and also Scrap Dots.

When making projects I tend to organize my studio in themes rather than manufacturer so when making this tag I picked up my "Fall" box which has bits and pieces of fall related products vs. manufacturer.  The box is also already organized with related embellishments and colors.

 

 

Here are some photos of my process below:

 



 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by today, be sure to head on over to my post on Helmar.

Happy scrapping ...

 

 

Helmar Product Used:

Fabric Glue

Scrap Dots

Other Product:

 

Paper: Bazzill; Tag: American Tags; Stickers: Recollections, Stickos, WeR Memory Keepers; Chipboard: Basic Grey; Ribbon: American Crafts; Transparency: Little Yellow Bicycle; Fiber: Colorbok Mulberry Roll; Ink: Art Anthology, Papertrey Ink, Colorbox; Fabric: Burlap, Canvas; Misc: Yarn, Flowers, Leaves